Component Engineer

Job Description

Preparation of Part Costing with respect to BOM, Drawings & CAD. Molding Process; Mold Flow ; Tool design Knowledge . Coordinate with the R&D team to freeze drawings & manufacturing process requirements for the required Components Prepare the RMC basis the finalized BOM and submit the same for costing approval from RFQ Tracking and Monitoring of RFQ (Includes status of Business award wrt to total RFQ receipt and its Revenue) Preparation of Part and Tool supplier source list with respect to LTS and inviting quotations from suppliers. Submission of 3~4 supplier quotations to SCM for cost negotiation. Do the Part/ Process feasibility with suppliers and closure with R&D to release controlled drawings for development activities. Post feasibility & drawing revision/modification wrt actual part dimensions & fitment trial report for catering mass production needs. Developing critical parts through Proto route to prove design concept after that start development. Preparation of MD/capex for approval and enable further PR and PO activities Tool Kick off meetings with suppliers after agreement on DFM with R&D and suppliers. Detailed Study tool design and part simulation report to cross check for any process defects Preparing & updating Documents regularly, related to projects like Tool development Plan, weekly report & video conferencing for suppliers. Follow up with Project Leaders on weekly activities regarding Projects. Tracking tool development activities wrt to Time plan and review with supplier once in week. Preparing plastic raw materials sheet to tooling suppliers & arranging the RM with proper tacking. Trial Plan & attending trials at suppliers end arranging Inspection reports and parts from Suppliers. Coordinating between tooling suppliers and QA / Project leaders to fulfill quality requirements After T1 to TF trials in VEL QA sharing feedbacks with Suppliers for tool modification and maturations. If tool modification, perform all design changes on the same tool with change cost settlement with suppliers. Discuss with R&D for any deviation, do fitment trial, and disposal of the report. After getting final go-ahead from VEL QA / PM / Customer, arranging molds dispatch to production &Ensuring Tool GRN activity with plant. Planning trials in plants/ in presence of tooling suppliers till parts / tool quality approve by plant / QA team. Coordinate with finance for tool payment clearance after receipt of approval. Material stock local BOP 3days & Imported 2 Week Inventory. Execution of PPAP activity along with NPD quality at supplier end. Conduct pre PPAP audit to check suppliers’ readiness on jigs, fixtures, measuring gauges & machine availability Ensuring closure of PPAP audit points with supplier for SOP readiness. Coordinating with Quality team for PSW signoff, to enable to raise for open PO. Skills & Expertise: 1.Zero Based Cost. 2.PPAP Documentation and Verification. 3.SAP MM Module 4. WH, Sheet Metal, forging, casting and moulding knowledge. 5. Handling and managing the vendors 6. CAD Tools: UG NX & CATIA 7. Costing knowledge 8. Automotive Lighting knowledge 9. APQP; PPAP; PLM Role & responsibilities Preferred candidate profile Perks and benefits